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Quote from: Vetivert on August 10, 2026, 12:57:07Do they look like these? https://winkel.detuinenvanweldadigheid.nl/products/stamdroogboon-musseneitjes

No they don't, so these may well be the 'real' Sparrow's egg beans.   

Hi Galina. yes egg shells did help I ran out ( 12 plants ) and one plant only got a little bit that plant did have a couple of ber fruits so will collect more shells next year, Biggest problem this year for us poly tunnel gardeners has been the heat, fortunately i fitted a vent in the top of mine in May , has helped keep below 100c.I have an automatic water system but yes watering can effect it, toms take up calcium during the night.       

Yes , Zlatava for the circle .

Quote from: markfield rover on Yesterday at 17:50:02Zlatava tomato is an interesting one, appearance wise like a sanguine orange I genuinely thought I had cut my finger.

That's interesting. I grew Zlatava from Kings seeds a few years ago having read about it. But I found their version to be unremarkable. Perhaps you have a strain where the contrast between orange skin and red flesh is more marked. Are you hoping to contribute it to the seed circle? If so, I'd love to try it again.

Zlatava tomato is an interesting one, appearance wise like a sanguine orange I genuinely thought I had cut my finger.

And a report of an oddity.  Something very rare that I have only seen once before.  We all know about the occasional inversed seed, but much rarer still is to find an inversed pod.  But with La Vignerone I found two of them.  All the other pods are normal, green with purple striping. We will have to see what the seeds are doing, but they may well be 'normal' and not inversed themselves. 

And a pepper, the traditional Hungarian sweet pepper Taltos.  My seed source was Hungarian descended US seed saver Sharon Vadas from Colorado.  They grew well in UK during an average cool and cloudy summer and also here.  Its main use is at the white stage for cooking and for salads, but the fruit will eventually turn red.

Reisetomate.  This is a very strange tomato indeed.  Cherry tomatoes are clustered together forming one beefsteak sized fruit.  When ready to eat, individual cherries can be pulled off, leaving the rest of the fruit intact and mess free.  'Reise' translates to journey in German and this is a mess free way to divide a fruit and enjoy.  My seeds were bought from RealSeeds.  https://www.facebook.com/reel/991035172800994

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Three more possibles for the seed circle.  When we came home, many of the pods of green bean Kentucky Blue had started drying down much quicker than they normally do in cool and damp English weather.  I have far more than are needed for my own seed saving.  Have now taken all beans off the plants to wait for a second flush of flowers and beans later in autumn.  This was one of my favourite beans in UK.  Kentucky Blue is an old cross between Blue Lake and Kentucky Wonder, a pencil podded very long bean with up to 9 seeds per green pod and a great 'beany' flavour.  Very heavy bearing.  My original seeds were bought from Nicky's seeds.  In the extreme heat, the pods had been maturing quickly and had developed string too, normally they are practically stringless. 

Sorry no photo taken.  https://all-americaselections.org/product/bean-kentucky-blue/

Uneven watering doesn't help either.  Luckily it seems to go away after a while and tends to be an early fruit problem.  Did the eggshells help?  Or is the jury still out.